Black Zoo (1963)
This violent, gore-filled, effective horror tale by director Robert Gordon is about a totally wacko private zoo keeper, Michael Conrad (Michael Gough) whose literal worship of the animals he tends -- especially the cat species -- starkly contrasts with his cold-blooded disregard for human life. Conrad has a mute son Carl (Rod Lauren) with a simmering Oedipal hatred, and a wife who should have left him eons ago. Whenever Conrad gets miffed with anyone coming a little too close to his private affairs he simply feeds the hapless victim to the animals. It seems inevitable that if the animals do not get him, then the human species will. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michael Gough, Jeanne Cooper, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Gordon
Synopsis of Black Zoo
This violent, gore-filled, effective horror tale by director Robert Gordon is about a totally wacko private zoo keeper, Michael Conrad (Michael Gough) whose literal worship of the animals he tends -- especially the cat species -- starkly contrasts with his cold-blooded disregard for human life. Conrad has a mute son Carl (Rod Lauren) with a simmering Oedipal hatred, and a wife who should have left him eons ago. Whenever Conrad gets miffed with anyone coming a little too close to his private affairs he simply feeds the hapless victim to the animals. It seems inevitable that if the animals do not get him, then the human species will. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Black Zoo
- Michael Gough - Michael Conrad
- Rod Lauren - Carl
- Jerome Cowan - Jeffrey Stengle
- Warrene Ott - Mary Hogan
- Eilene Janssen - Bride
- Dani Lynn - Art Student
- Douglas Henderson - Lt. Duggan
- Claudia Brack - Carl's Mother
- Oren Curtis - Radu
- Jeanne Cooper - Edna Conrad
- Virginia Grey - Jenny
- Elisha Cook, Jr. - Joe
- Marianna Hill - Audrey
- Eric Stone - Groom
- Edward Platt - Detective Rivers
- Jerry Douglas - Lab Technician
- Byron Morrow - Officer Donovan
- Susan Slavin - Art Student
- Director(s):
- Robert Gordon
- Writer(s):
- Aben Kandel, Herman Cohen
- Producer(s):
- Herman Cohen
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